Tags: Arachnid.

Amblyomma nodosum is a species of specialized tick found in three roadkilled giant anteaters from Minas Gerais Brazil. There are 100 species of Amblyomma worldwide 33 of which are from Brazil. A. nodosum is a specialist that lives exclusively on the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) and the Southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla).

class
Arachnid, Acari
family
Ixodidae
genus
Amblyomma
kingdom
Animal
order
Tick
phylum
Arthropod

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